Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-13
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The Astounding Remark of n Western
Editor.

The Astounding Remark of n Western
Editor.
The people OF the United States are
actually hungry for a woman t. worship,
abuse and talk about. They are ready to
make a putty woman famous itthey have
half q chance. This sentiment finds vent
in a thousand ways. Every New York
correspondent is urged by the out-OEtowu
papers to write more about the famous
women of New York" In answer to this
request | once wired the shrewdest Of
Western newspapers for list Of the women
he considered famous. The answer came
with characteristic promptness: List by
mail too long for wirc.' A day or two
after along came Il letter headed by these
names: Mrs. A. T. Stewart, Mrs. John
Jacob Aston, Mrs. August Belmont, Miss
Catherine Wolf, Mrs. John Bigelow, Mrs.
Lille DevereuN Blake.
Here the names ended with the disgust
ed comment: "Oh rot! There are no IA
nous women in New York. The first
three names are only reflex celebrities
through their husbands names. Let the
scheme 90"
The manner in which the newspapers
follow up Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mrs.
Cleveland and Miss Cleveland has in it nc
tiuge OF malice, indelicacy or brutality, rs
the purists and critics are so fond OF claim
ing. II is simply an effort on the part
= II -..- e.. VVnAaf n vary larng
and ulbid demand with an abSurdly
meagre supply. Every n has found out
by this time that Mrs. Potter Is a foolish,
| vain and greedy woman, who willingly Tor
| sakes a good family and a loving husband
tor the sake of gratifying her inOrdinatt
love of notoriety that Mrs. Cleveland is
wholesome, healthy, brilliant young wo
man and that Miss Cleveland is 8
rather commonplace malden lady
of literary aspirations. These things
ale lust as patent to the makers as to the
readers of newspapers, but the want Il
| there, and the supply must be iorthcom
! ing. The greediness OF the pubhc Tor lie
tails about well-knOwn women Is really as
founding. | remember m instance tina
| convinced me of it in short order. | spen'
p GOOD many days and nights with a prom
| inent lawyer OF this city over 4 scheme To-
| the reduction Of the surplus. We mad,
two trips to Washington before all the de
| tails were developed. Finally the matte
was sent out. 1t did not attraC
the faintest degree OF atten
tiop. A day OF two later Mrs
Langtry told me about an encounter o
hers with a cowboy in the West. | wrot'
il. The anecdOte was about six line lon
snd of absolutely nc importance. within
a week the entire press Of America wa
peppered with that paragraph, and II va
I copied on Sunday morning in No less thai
i've OF the New York papers. For month
[ saw il constantly. Even yet It III M
| smiling occasionally. The name of 2 Ia
nous woman still carries it buoyantl.
along. Abroad they have famous wOmel
in abundance, from clever literary sensa
~tionalists, like the English girl who Is noY
writing under the nom de plume OF tranI
Dandy, fast countesSeS, sporting duch
eSses, curious queens, and so on. But tn
women of New York DO not achieve fame
and we must still fall back Oh u old-tim
newspaper friend and standby, Mrs. j. b
Potter.
Ifany one doubts that the name OF a IA
nous womsn is not potent in the world lie
him mention at a dull dinner that Ellie
Terry has a fetching smile. Ada Rehan
lovely manner, Edith Kingdom u bright ey
or Bernhardt an inspiring face, and see hoy
soon tongues 20 to wagging.
There is no end TO the number OF vel
known New York men. 1t is time for th
women TO make 8 showing, too.